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the same place. If timelessness is grasped, it will be understood that
everything takes place at a single moment: nothing is waited for and time
does not go by, because everything has already happened and finished.
With this secret delved, the world becomes like heaven for a believ-
er. All distressful material worries, anxieties, and fears vanish. The person
grasps that the entire universe has a single sovereign, that He changes the
entire physical world as He pleases and that all one has to do is to turn to
Him. He then submits himself entirely to Allah "to be devoted to His ser-
vice". (Surat Ali 'Imran: 35)
To comprehend this secret is the greatest gain in the world.
With this secret, another very important reality mentioned in the Qur'an
is unveiled: that "Allah is nearer to man than his jugular vein" (Surah
Qaf: 16). As everybody knows, the jugular vein is inside the body. What
could be nearer to a person than his inside? This situation can easily be
explained by the reality of spacelessness. This verse also can be much bet-
ter comprehended by understanding this secret.
This is the plain truth. It should be well established that there is no
helper and provider for man other than Allah. There is nothing but
Allah; He is the only absolute being with Whom one can seek refuge, to
Whom one can appeal for help and count on for reward.
Wherever we turn, there is the presence of Allah.

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